The exploratory dyad that plays together stays together : parent play, attachment, and non-obvious object properties /
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[College Station, Tex.] :
[Texas A&M University],
[2011]
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| Online Access: | Link to OAK Trust copy |
| Abstract: | Many developmental changes occur across the first year of life, including areas of cognitive, social, emotional, and physical growth. One challenge of developmental research is to understand the complex set of factors that influence behavior within and across these domains of functioning and change. The present research attempts to illuminate the effects that parent relationships and interactions have on infants̕ ability to explore non-obvious object properties during free play. In our findings, the role of attachment, parents̕ actions on objects, parental sensitivity during play, and synchronous interaction all related to an increase in infants̕ object exploration when playing alone versus playing with a parent. These parent relationship and interaction factors affected infants̕ exploration differently at 6 months than 12 months. Overall, relational factors appeared of greater important for infants̕ more thorough object exploration than simply parents̕ actions on objects. The social context was important for the cognitive outcome of infants̕ object exploration. |
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| Item Description: | "Major Subject: Psychology" Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created 2011-08-09 15:09:44). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |